Below is an example of a table called "Persons":

P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20
1) SELECT * FROM Persons; 2) SELECT LastName,FirstName FROM Persons; 3) SQL SELECT DISTINCT Syntax SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s) FROM table_name; 4) SELECT DISTINCT City FROM Persons;

City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger

The result-set will look like this: City Sandnes Stavanger

5) SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Tove' AND LastName='Svendson'; The result-set will look like this:

P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes

6) SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Tove' OR FirstName='Ola';

The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes